While driving on a Philadelphia suburban road, I saw one of those cute little Smart Fortwo cars. I smiled and instinctively assumed that the driver was probably an environmentally conscious liberal.
Then I noticed the bumper sticker. It said, "Corbett for Governor". Tom Corbett is this year's Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. He is anything but liberal. In fact, in his current gig as PA's Attorney General, he has joined other states in a lawsuit against health insurance mandates, claiming that they are unconstitutional. He is anti-choice. He is against same-sex marriage. And, more germane to the Smart car issue, he calls for "voluntary drilling standards" regarding the environmentally controversial hydraulic fracking process for extracting natural gas from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale deposits. Yes, voluntary -- not mandatory -- standards, based on "consensus" with the oil/gas industry.
I'll bet the driver of that little car doesn't even recognize the irony.
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